Friday, April 27th, 2007
IBM Cell BE + Mainframe + Linux = Gameframe
Cool idea to put Cell processors (think PlayStation 3 processors) into Mainframes to power online 3D games and virtual worlds…. who would have thought….
I hear all the time - Linux doesn’t have games… yes, the client doesn’t, but it looks like network-centric gaming is pretty popular grounds for Linux servers. Now we just need the client end to shape up…
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April 27th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
eagle said:
Why would you say Linux doesn’t have games? Whoever you are hearing this from are clueless. There are 1,000s of recent no-cost game titles and 100s of recent commercial game titles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_games
April 27th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
md said:
That’s not entirely accurate. Sure there are a “ton of games” in terms of volumes, but your wikipedia article even shows that most are emulation from other platforms or not the “mainstream, high volume” games that appeal to a large audience. So for instance, go to say gamespy.com and check out the top PC games - what % of those run native on Linux without having to rig up Wine or CrossoverOffice, etc…?
http://www.gamespot.com/games.html?type=top_rated&platform=5&page_type=games&tag=subnav;top_games